| Washington Redskins at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1972 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 62692 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 45 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Roy Jefferson 45 pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | John Riggins 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 13 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Charley Taylor 70 pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Chris Hanburger 41 interception return (Curt Knight kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Larry Brown 89 pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 15 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Verlon Biggs 16 opponents fumble recovery (Curt Knight kick) | 35 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Roy Jefferson |
| 42 | WR | Charley Taylor |
| 75 | LOT | Terry Hermeling |
| 73 | LOG | Paul Laaveg |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 60 | ROG | John Wilbur |
| 76 | ROT | Walt Rock |
| 87 | TE | Jerry Smith |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 43 | RB | Larry Brown |
| 31 | RB | Charley Harraway |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 77 | LDT | Bill Brundige |
| 72 | RDT | Diron Talbert |
| 89 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 32 | LLB | Jack Pardee |
| 53 | MLB | Harold McLinton |
| 55 | RLB | Chris Hanburger |
| 37 | LCB | Pat Fischer |
| 23 | LS | Brig Owens |
| 22 | RS | Rosey Taylor |
| 41 | RCB | Mike Bass |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | WR | Eddie Bell |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 56 | LLB | Paul Crane |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 21 | LCB | Steve Tannen |
| 48 | LS | Gus Hollomon |
| 19 | RS | Chris Farasopoulos |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Larry Brown | 16 | 48 | 3.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Charley Harraway | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Brunet | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| George Nock | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 20 | 85 | 4.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Emerson Boozer | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 1 | 222 | 13.9 | 3 | 104.2 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 3 | 148 | 5.3 | 1 | 41.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Larry Brown | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 89 | 1 |
| Charley Taylor | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 1 | |
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45t | 1 |
| Charley Harraway | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Rich Caster | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Don Maynard | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 1 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Chris Hanburger | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 1 | |
| Harold McLinton | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Gus Hollomon | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Vactor | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Bob Brunet | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Speedy Duncan | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Phil Wise | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Rocky Turner | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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